Kilmarnock, Scotland: John Ritchie, Ltd., Publishers of Christian Literature, 1937. Softcover. Very Good condition softcover of the testimony of the Cleveland Coloured Gospel Quintette. No fading. No underlining. Some staining inside book along spine. Some minor blemishes on cover. 46 pages. Inventory: 18.
![Item #151 The Autobiography of Leroi Jones [Signed]. Amiri Baraka](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/151.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758037493)
New York: Freundlich Books, 1984. Fine. 329pp. Orange boards bound in cloth. Gold inlay on spine. Price inside Dust Jacket unclipped. First edition. Signed by author. The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones by Amiri Baraka explores the transformation of one of America’s most influential and controversial writers, from his early Beat years.....
![Item #383 The Nickel Boys [Signed]. Colson Whitehead](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/383.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762895543)
New York: Doubleday, 2019. First Edition. First Printing. 213 pp. 8vo. Black paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Jacket unclipped. Clean, tight copy. Signed by Colson Whitehead on the title page in black marker. Book includes insert from the signing event at the Columbus Metropolitan Library.This celebrated novel paints an.....
New York: St. Martin's Press. First Edition. 250 pp. First printing. Dust jacket has tears and chipping. Colors are strong, no fading on spine of jacket. Dark blue boards are clean; spine is intact and has clean print. No writings, tears or marks on leaves. Leaves have light age toning. Published.....
![Item #171 Race Matters [Signed]. Dr. Cornel West](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/171.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758339852)
Boston: Beacon Press, 1993. 105, [5]pp. First edition, 1st printing. Cover price intact on DJ flap. Signed by author.Signed by Dr. Cornel West to famed political scientist, professor, and lawyer Robert Fitrakis, this first edition of Dr. West’s modern classic tackles topics like Black identity, economic injustice, policing, and the.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1972. First Edition. 305 pp. 8vo. Original black cloth boards with green-foiled stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket shows light edge-wear and minor rubbing; wrapped in mylar; boards are clean and corners are sharp; internally fine.A compelling biography of Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born visionary.....
![Item #4 Lay Bare the Heart [Signed]. James Farmer](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1746129424)
New York: Arbor House, 1985. Jacket Design by Krystyna Skalski. 3rd Printing. Mylar Cover. Hardcover. Signed. Very Good. Light foxing on top and bottom pages. Cover lightly blemished - internal text clean. Autobiography of the Civil Rights movement. Seller Inventory #4.
![Item #384 Sing, Unburied, Sing [Signed]. Jesmyn Ward](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/384.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762897793)
New York: Scribner, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. 289 pp. Red cloth boards stamped in blue on the spine, blue endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped. Tight, clean, unread copy. No marks or remainder stamps. Signed by Jesmyn Ward on the title page in blue ink. Includes laid-in Carnegie Author Series program.....
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1972. First Edition. 223 pp. Black cloth spine over gray boards with silver lettering; original dust jacket priced $5.95. Jacket shows noticeable staining, moisture rippling, and edge wear; boards display tape shadows and discoloration; interior text block clean and solid.A candid and reflective autobiographical.....
Dayton: Black Praxis Press, 1981. First Edition. 208 pp. Paperback first printing on Marable's Black Praxis Press, a small independent Black Press. Cover has light moisture warping on front top. Light shelf wear on front and back. Spine is intact. Light moisture stain on outside of leaves but not on.....
![Item #40 All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes [Signed]. Maya Angelou](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/40.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757044660)
United States of America: Random House, Incorporated, 1986. First Random House Edition. Hardcover in Mylar. Classic, Signed, Fine First Edition continuation of Maya Angelou's literary oeuvre. Mylar Cover. 210 pages. Inventory: 40.
![Item #218 Clay's Ark [Signed]. Octavia E. Butler](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/218.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759810051)
New York: Aspect (Warner Books), 1996. 213 pp. Signed by the author on the title page, with inscription reading 'To Allen, Best Wishes Octavia E. Butler'. Minimal age toning to pages; tight binding; light shelf wear.Signed by the titan of 20th-century science fiction, Octavia E. Butler, this 1996 edition continues.....
![Item #219 Imago [Signed]. Octavia E. Butler](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/219.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759811222)
New York: Popular Library, 1990. 224 pp. Wear along spine; small crease to bottom right corner of cover; slight toning to page edges. Signed by the author on the title page.Signed by Octavia E. Butler, a titan of 20th-century science fiction, Imago is the third novel in Butler’s acclaimed Xenogenesis.....
New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishing, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering and geometric motif. No dust jacket. Deckled edges. Mild toning to top edge. Small inscription in blue ink by previous owner on front pastedown. Binding tight, pages clean.The groundbreaking novel that.....
![Item #67 Montaro Caine [Signed]. Sidney Poitier](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/67.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1748551256)
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2013. 1st edition. Hardcover. This is a very good condition, signed copy of Sidney Poitier's "Montaro Caine." The book has minor wear on dust jacket and some internal fading. 308 pages. Inventory: 67.
New York: Bantam Books, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. 246 pp. 12mo. Light toning and mild shelf wear to wraps, spine uncreased; interior clean and unmarked aside from neat ownership signature.Edited and with an introduction by poet Sonia Sanchez, this groundbreaking anthology gathers 25 stories by Black American writers, including.....
Atlanta: Atlanta University Publications, 1914. 1st. Softcover. Softcover. First edition. 137pp. Printed gray wrappers. Minor chipping on a few leaves. Corner of title page discreetly reinforced with archival tape.This volume, issued under the patronage of the Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund, records the proceedings of the 18th Atlanta University Conference.....
![Item #123 For Freedom [Rare unique cover]. Arthur Huff Fauset](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/123.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750354416)
Philadelphia: Franklin Publishing and Supply Co., 1934. Mabel Betsy Hill. Cover illustrator: Aaron Douglas. Hardcover. This is a near very good condition copy of the youth, African American History classic, "For Freedom" by Arthur Huff Fauset. This book details several important figures of history in their driving towards freedom and.....
New York: John S. Taylor, Brick Church Chapel, 1836. Hardcover. This is an ultra rare, abolitionist track from the 19th century entitled "A View of the American Slavery Question" by E.P. Barrows Jr. The book is a northern Presbyterian's account of the dynamics and politics of slavery in the American.....
London: Nancy Cunard at Wishart & Co. First edition. (12 in x 10 in). 855 pages. Rebound, with the original back and front covers preserved in the rebind. Internal pages remain clean and complete, including the fold out map. Almost 200 entries from 150 contributors and close to 400 illustrations.....
![Item #137 The Masquerade [Signed]. Oscar Micheaux](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/137.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757186822)
New York: Book Supply Company, 1947. Third Edition. A historical novel by famed African American author and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, set during the turbulent days of the Abraham Lincoln era. Signed by Oscar Micheaux. Rare signed.Red dark cloth over boards is very clean and fine. Dust jacket has chipping on.....
![Item #257 Beloved [Signed] [Uncorrected Proof]. Toni Morrison](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/257.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761764072)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1987. 276 pp. Chatto & Windus. London. Minor crease to front cover along spine, light scuffing to rear panel; a tight, bright, clean copy overall.Signed by the author on the title page. This is an uncorrected proof of the First Edition of Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece.....